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As quoted from <4131@internal.Apple.COM> by parent@apple.com (Sean Parent):
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| In article <1989Sep7.225252.3945@NCoast.ORG> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon 
| S. Allbery) writes:
| > Okay, how about native drivers for an Okidata Microline 390 (which 
| > emulates an Epson LQ-series printer)?
> ( ... )
| > I'm using a Grappler LQ currently, but would like to scrap it -- especially
| > with System 7.0 around the corner I suspect Grapplers are about to become
| > boat anchors....
| 
| What kinds of problems are you having with the Grappler LQ? Do you have 
| the latest version (1.7)? At the developers conference Orange Micro 
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On order.  However--

The biggest problem I have with the Grappler LQ is that the Imagewriter LQ
driver plus the Grappler LQ INIT takes up twice as much memory as a native
Okidata 390 or Epson LQ driver would.  The next biggest is that it's slower
than a native driver -- two levels of translation (QD->IWLQ->EPSLQ) is
guaranteed to be slower than one.  The other complaint is that I have doubts
as to how well the Grappler will work with System 7, Orange Micro aside.  But
that's the *least* of my worries.

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| expressed interest in continueing support for system 7.0 with new drivers. 
| Orange Micro also has the Grappler LX available now that acts as a serial 
| to parallel converter at 57.6K baud giving fast output if your device is 
| capable of recieving information at that speed and the Mac can generate it 
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Foo.  Frankly, I don't need serial<->parallel conversion; I bought the serial
module for the 390.

++Brandon
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